Tobacco-furnace



E. C. VEAZEY.

TOBACCO FURNACE.

APPucATxoN FILED DEC. 15. 1919.

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TOBACCO FURNACE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15,I9I9.

Patented N ov. 23, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED' STATES EDGAR C. VEAZEY, OF WEST `POINT, VIRGXNIA.'

TOBACCO-FURNACE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pabgnted N0v 23, 1920.

Application iler December 15, 1919. Serial No. 344,812.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it lrnown that l, EDGAR C. VEAZEY, a citizenV of the United States,residing` at West Point, in the county of King Vi'lilliam and State ofVirginia,h have invented a new and useful Tobaccodfurnace, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a tobaccobarn furnace and one object of the invention is to provide a device ofthe sort above alluded to embodying a casing adapted to receive air anddirect the air upwardly about that portion of the furnace in' whichcombustion takes place, novel means being,- provided for directing theheated air laterally.

. Another object of the invention is to provide novel means forassembling the casing which directs the air upwardly and, laterally,with the body portion of the furnace.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains. y

"With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being` understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing;` from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying` drawings- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, adevice constructed in accordance with the invention, a portion of thewall. ofthe tobacco barn appearing in section; Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the structure depicted in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4t is atransverse section showing the furnace.

'The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises afurnace including a bottom 1 having upstanding flanges 2 connected bysecuringelements 3 with the sides l of the arched body 5 of the furnace,the lower edges of the sides being received within the flanges 2 andresting` on the bot* tom l. The furnace includes a rear end wall 6provided with a nipple 7 adapted to receive a flue 10. The rear end wall6 of the and connected thereto by` securing devices 14, the frame havingan opening 15 controlled by a door 16 mounted on hinges 17 and adaptedto be held 'closed by a latch 1S, the door carryingv a damper 19 of `anydesired. construction. Agrate 2O is. located ,in the furnace body 5 andmay ybe constructed as desired, depending,` upon the' nature of the fuelused. The grate may have legs 21, coperating witlrthe bottom 2 to space,the grate from the bottom. l

4Laterallyextended Ufshaped supports 22 are provided, the upper ends 23of the supports 22 beine` connected by securing members 24 tothe topportion of the furnace body 5. he lowerends 25 of the supports 22 extendinwardly and are provided with extensions 26 overlapped upon the flanges24 of the bottom 1, and connectedto the said vflanges and to the sidestof the furnace bodv 5 by certain of the securing elements 3. Theinvention includes a casinaP .having sides 27 spaced from the sides 4,of the furnace body 5 and connected by securingelements 28 to theintermediateportions of the laterally extended Ushaped supports 22. Thelower ends of the sides 27 of the casing are fashioned into outwardlyextended, upu wardly inclined deflecting flanges 29. The casing includesan end 30 havingr a flange 31 overlapped upon the outside of the furnacebody 5 and 4connected thereto by securing` elements 32. The flue 10projects through the end 30 of the casing. At its lower end, the member30 of the casing is supplied with an outwardly extended upwardlyinclined deiiecting flange 33, complemental to the flanges 29 on thesides 27 of the casing. leinforcing,H strips 34 eX- tend upwardly alongthe inner surface of the sides 27 of the casing, at the ends thereofthese parts being held to the sides of the casinaVV by certain of thesecuring elements 32. The upper ends of the reinforcing strips 33 areinwardly inclined, as indicated at 35 7 and are secured at 36 to adefiector 37, in the form of a plate, the deilector being; spaced fromthe upper edges of the sides 27 on the casing, and from the upper edgeon the end BO of the casing. sides 27 of the cas" Vtobacco barn.

ing converge as they extend upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, the sides ofthercasing be# ing reversely curved adjacent their upper edges, andterminating at their upper edges, in approximately parallel portions.V

The numeral 38 denotes a wall of a tobacco barn. The furnace body 5projects through thev wall 38 of the barn, and the open end of thecasing abuts against the wall of the barn7 as indicated clearly in Fig.l of the drawings.

In practical operation, a fire is built within the furnace body', theproducts'of combustion escaping by way of the flue 10, the

`fine Al() being disposed within the tobacco barn in accordance withanyof the'established practices resorted to by tobacco planters. Therelatively cool air adjacent the floor of the barn passes beneath thein- `clined deflecting members 29 and 33 and Hows upwardly within thecasing 27430.

' l The airis held by the casing in relatively close relation to thebody 5 of the furnace and is vheated thereby, the air passingupwardlyout of the open top of theV casing. Heated air impinges against theupper-devfierting plateA 37 and is carried laterally thereby, the airthus being diffused in the The structure forming the subject matter ofthis application affords a simplemeans whereby the air may be drawnfrom-a point adjacent the bottom of the tobacco barn, and be heated,`the heated air being deliv- `ered into the barn andbeing diffusedtherein. Further, the invention discloses a sirnple means whereby theVvarious parts of the device, such as the body 5. the partsrof thecasing, and the deflecting plate 37, may be held together to form astrongand operative structure.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is pl. In a deviceof 'the class described, a furnace; an exterior casing reduced in widthat its top and having an opening in its top, the opening extendingupbrolrenly from one end of the *casing to the other, one end of thefurnace projecting beyond the corresponding end of the casing, the otherend of the furnace being disposed within the casing, the extreme loweredge of the casing being disposed above the lower edge of the furnaceand said edge .being provided with an outwardly extended upwardlyinclined flangeg'a baiiie supported on the easing and located above theopening in the top of the casing; and a wall constituting a closure forthe space between the first specilied end of the casing and the furnace.

2. In a Vdevice of the class described, afur nace;` a casing open at thetop and inclosing the furnace; outwardly extended supports having theirends attached to the furnace and having their intermediate portionsattached' to the casing; reinforcing strips secured to the side portionsof the casing and extended above the casing; and a deiiector Acz'irriedby the upper ends of the strips, in spaced relation to the top of thecasing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR C. VEAZEY. Witnesses: i

W ALTER SPARKLIN, WM. T. CLEMENTS.

